In this opinion, the EESC acknowledges the aim of the European Asylum and Migration Management Strategy to provide a comprehensive framework for EU action. However, it considers the Strategy imbalanced, prioritising control, containment and return over a genuinely comprehensive, rights-based migration policy. It recommends that the Commission rebalance the Strategy by placing equal emphasis on regular migration pathways, integration and inclusion policies, and the protection of fundamental rights.
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Download — EESK atzinums: Towards a clear EU framework for the posting of third-country nationals (TCNs): Ensuring genuine posting, legal certainty and fair competition
The opinion deals with the 28th Regime legislative initiative whose purpose is to provide companies, especially innovative ones, with a single set of rules to invest more easily and operate in the Single Market.
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Download — 28th regime – a single harmonised set of rules for innovative companies throughout the EU
In this opinion, the EESC welcomes the Commission communication on the Quality Jobs Roadmap and points out that the sustainable competitiveness of the European Union, productivity, innovation and social progress must be mutually reinforcing. Job quality is key for the resilience of the European economic and social model.
The EESC considers that any European initiative must be built around social dialogue and collective bargaining in order to adapt responses to circumstances on the ground, assist transformations, increase predictability and involve workers in changes.
